New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 1, 1914, Page 2

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, mAY 1, 1914. QUALITY | RATHER THAN PRICE should influence your judgement when you buy School Shoes. You will then realize some pleasure and satisfaction from the shoes you buy. ' MOTHERS! We direct your attention, to our High Grade, Hand Sewed, School Shoes for misses and children. more by the pair but no more by the year. BOOTH'S BLOCK NEW BRITAIN. They cost a little Plainville Men Unite in Booming Their Town At Business and Improvement Ass’n Banquet Seventh $nnual Gathering Last Evening the Most Success-| ful in the History "of the Organization — Eloquent Speeches by Judge E. L. Smith and Rev. Sherrod Soule Features of After-dinner Program, A\Umth\g to boom their town, the men ot Plainvlile, at least a representative mber of them, with the assistance delegations from New Britain and [Bristol and speakers who occupy Jprominent positions in the civic and jbusiness life of the state assemblea ast evening in' the Town hall in the neighboring place at the seventh an- hhual banquet of the Business and Im- provement association. Enthusiasm spirit were manifested in every fea- ure of the affair and everyone seemed imbued with the idea of Iblace to live in. Eclipsing all its pre- lecessors from standpoints of attend- | ahce, enjoyment and meritorious post- Jprandial exercises, the banquet will be Jrecorded in the annals of the associa- fon as the most successful ever held funder its auspices. Business men, manufacturers, town officials and a generous sprinkling of [factory workers rubbed elbows and shared enjoyment together. The get- together spirit was strongly in evi- dence and it was apparent that the work the association is doing for the and. the co-operative | making | [Plainville bigger, busier and a better | [be «:fit of the town and its citizens re-"] ce.;ed an encouraging impetus from the gathering. -~ Over two hundred men enjoyed the gastronomical and oratorical feast, sed their voices in the singing of the ional anthem and popular pieces, (8howing particular strength in the [grasshopper ode, introduced by the New Britain contingent) and gave en- ouragement ‘to the speakers who jgave counsel to them. The after-dinner program was the lbest the association has ever offered. speakers were: Judge Edward L. mim a_ former maybdr of Hartford; Prank H. Johnston, of New Britain, president of the State Business Men’s association; W. Clark Norris of Willi- mantic; Rev. Sherrod Soule, of Hart- ford, and Stanley S. Gwillim, head of [the Plainville organization. N, Elmore Clark served as toastmaster and ac- quitted himself creditably, reciting some extremely humorous anecdotes in connection with his introduction of the different speakers. Elaborate Decorations. The hall was elaborately decorated for the occasion. Streamers of blue and white were artistically arranged land the side walls were hidden behind punting of varigated hues. speakers’ table large American flags were draped. The tables were also | prettily decorated with flowers and there were boutonnieres for all the diners. Fox's orchestra, stationed ona tform in a corner of the hall, fur- nished music, while the courses were [ being served, playing many popular Fhits, which were sung by the assem- \ge in chorus. Behind the A bag, full of surprises In the shape | ‘of souvenirs (there were thirty-three them) was given to each of the s and there was considerable imusement while the contents were ing examined. The menu cards ® gotten up in attractive fashion. Rev. H. T. Walsh was called upon or the invocation. After enjoying a #pread that gave entire satisfaction to the inner man, the diners were inter- jtéd and entertained until midnight Eh eplendid gpeeches, most eloquent- Ven. n Extends Y Welcome to Guests %‘he post-prandial i exercises ergetic president of the association. Mr. Gwillim said: “It is a pleasant duty that comes to the President of the Plainville Bus- REV. SHERROD SOULE, Hartford Speaker. iness and Improvement association to- night for the second time. “To our honored guests, to our visi- tors from New Britain,” Bristol and Forestville, and to you, my fellow townsmen and associates, the Plain- ville Business and Improvement as- sociation extends a hearty welcome on the occasion of this our seventh annual banquet. “We come of all from all vocations, ages, we como we come from were | than the simple motto, W. C. NORRIS, ‘Willimantic Speaker. all religions, we come from all po- litical parties, some of us a trium- phant host of democracy happy as children on Christmas morning, (ex- cept, perhaps, a few from our neigh- boring city of New Britain who are not republicans) others of us rather lame and haltingly; still others sing- ing ‘Onward Christian Soldiers.’ We come from homes where the women want it, we come from homes where the women are against it, but here we recognize no other sign or symbol ‘A Toast to epened by Stanley S. Gwillim, the en-ll’la,ln\'llle ; let us all be loyal and do Lbettermem of Plainville. | together stage tonight, There Is More Pleasure To be gotten out of a cozy home properly equipped and decorated than there is in a thousand miles of travel in a foreign land. This is a pretty broad state- ment, but we have the word of those who've tried both Let us decorate your home this fall. We'll do the walls and give you a background for a winter of do- mestic bliss. JOHN BOYLE COMPANY 3 and 5 FranKklin Square. New Britain. country.’ Let us hope none of us feel like that towards Plainville. “I have been asked what real bene- fit is derived from attending our an- nual banquet. I would say it seems worth while for men to meet at our annual banquet like this and forget their business, political and profes- slonal differences, put their feet under the same table, touch elbows, and as- sociate in a spirit of friendly inter- course. It is often possible - under these conditions to get the spirit of co-operation which is essential to the welfare and improvement of our town, “During the past seven years’ exis- tence of this association, I believe it has been of some service to this com- munity, and much more work that can and ought to be done awaits us Individual Work. “The measure of our accomplish- ments in the future will depend large- 1y upon the work done by the individ- ual members and the various com- mittees of our association. “From my point of view, the things we need most in Plainville are a 8ood sewer system, more sidewalks and a better post office. ‘“Undoubtedly, there are other things, but it is earnestly hoped the coming year will see something done along these lines, Considerable mis- sionary work has been done in the past year by the committees of this association on the sewer and side- walk questions, and we live in hopes | that it will show good results in the near future. Our postmaster, P. I. Prior, is, I believe, doing good work | towards improving the post office con- N. ELMORE CLARK, Toastmaster. / our part towards the uplifting and the “We have surely reached the get- touching el- bows, and shoulder to shoulder, in fact, if we crowded any more in, it lmight be necessary for two to eat off the same plate. What a splen- did accomplishment, if ‘we could get out a crowd like this for the_ sole purpose of solving the problems that confront our little town, all pulling together for the betterment of the community in which we live. “Don’t let us be like the story told by General Gordon about a Confed- | erate soldier. Some “War Talk,” “General Gordon was sitting by | this street to JUDGE 1, L. SMITH, Ex-Mayor of Hartford. —_— the roadside one blazing hot day when a dilapidated soldier with clothing in | rags, a shoe lacking, his head in a bandage, one arm in a sling passed by. He was scliloquizing in this manner, ‘I love my country, 'I'd fight for my country, I'd starve and go thirsty for my country, I'd die for my country, but if ever this damn war is over, I'll never love another STANLEY S, GWILLIM, Local President. ditions, and should receive the hearty support of the citizens. “It is the intention now, I am told, to pave East Main street, and it would | seem a fitting time when this work is done, for the property owners along lay a curb and good cement sidewalks, should be interested enough in this to assist somewhat in the matter of curbing at least; and I believe if the matter ‘were properly brought up, some scheme could bz FRANK H: JOANSTON, State President. arranged whereby the town could be of some assistance. Surely no better time could be had for doing this work. “Let us not look back a year hence and say as did the small boy when asked by the minister what sins of omission were and replied, ‘Sins we ought to have done and haven't.’ Let us have no important things left un- done. Plainville needs the co-opera- tive efforts of every gcod citizen to make it a better, bigger, and busier town “We uary by made a voting good to start last Jan- increase the tax | ala® i sort is having such good results. I believe the town ! rate, and I hope other good things will follow and they can and will if the men who are here tonight will work together in a united and un- selflsh way for the betterment of our to “The matter of a sewer system has been agitated to a considerable ex- tent during the past year, and con- siderable time has been spent by the sanitary sewer committee in con- nection with this matter; and a plan has been worked out which appears to be a feasible one for a good sew- erage system in Plainville. At a meeting held a short while ago, a very intelligent report was made by an engineer employed by the sewer committee, and a large number of citizens who were present on that occasion received a good idea of what this would mean to Plainvilie. ‘What could be a better cause to work for than a good sewer system ? “It surely makes a better and fiealthier town, and I believe every good citizen should—if necessary—ut some little sacrifice to himself, en- deavor to “boost” this prusect and give it what assistance he “There is probably no question as to how much good an adequate sewer would be to Plainville, and it is be- ieved that the plan now being worked on can be carried to a finisn ,with very pleasing and satisfactory results to the citizens of Plainviite. Our slogan this coming year should be sidewalks and sewers. “The clean-up campaign of a year ago worked out very nicely with the assistance of the selectmen. “We will have another such clean- ap this vear with the assistance of W. J. Johnson, our selectman, the week of May 4-9. Notice will be given through the ‘New Britain Her- and possibly other papers, of the route taken by the teams cover- ing the various streets. Let us all join in making this a successful clean-up week along the same llne: as conducted last year. Charge of the program he then surrendered to Toastmaster Clark, viho after reciting a few humorous ries and devoting a brief period to consideration of the associa- tion and its work, presented F. H. t Jchnston of New Britain, State President Urges Co-operation Johnston was given “The State b peiation” as his topic and he said i part: “Iam very much interested to note that your campaign of advertising Plainville as an interior summer re- This is evident from the large number of prominent New Britain merchants whom I notice among your members | —and who I trust will not so wholly submit to your charms as to desert us entirely. “I am distinctly pleased to see this growing good feeling between these two hustling communities, as w have much in common and need each other's assistance in developing our manufacturing interests and in cheap- ening transportation so we may com- pete with all parts of the country. State Association. “I appreciate the courtesy of your | invitation to be present at this meet- ' ing and thank you for this opportun- ity of getting acquainted with you. 1 am very glad to accept the oppor- tunity to bring before you in a few words the work of the State assoc tion and the nece: of the co-opera tion of the meén interested in business in order that our association may ac- complish definite good in this work. We advocate the closer study of our state-wide problems and the bringing about of a higher standard of busi- ness ideas. I want you to think of the State Business Men's association as a body of men working for the up- building of this commonwealth, earnestly studying the many broader perplexities brought about by the rad- ical changes in not only ways of do- ing business, but in our population and in its increasing desire to con- gregate in the cities, with the conse- quent lessening production in the necessities of life. As a body of men whose interests are causing them to co-operate because of these rapidly | changing conditions and whose mem- i bership has changed from that of the ! retail merchant of fourteen years ago | when the state association was first | formed to its present membership of nearly fourteen thousand men—em- bracing merchant, manufacturer, far- mer, professional men and last, but not least, many laboring men. County Improvements, “The several Business Men's ciations in Norwich, New London dnd Willimantic have already taken the county improvement in New Lor don county and have aroused much enthusiasm and are doing good work. We have eleven Business Men's a ap | ATTEND THE REGULAR $1.50 TO $: Here's ity a splendid bargain a large assortment of hest q hats in correct styles, select from, in black and all the Regular values from $1.50 to cuie new 25 $1 PRIC Another Hats, several ionable colors. choice All new hats, at 45¢. son’s best models reduced prices: $25.00 to $29.00. $35.00. $45.00. $55.00. HARTFORD 93-99 ASYLUM ST. SALE PRICE Hemp Untrimmed He shapes, fashionable UNTRIMMED styles t select from, regular $1.25 Untrimmed Hats At Dillon’s EXTRAORDINARY SALE OV e Hats, We offer Hats—ail of np Untrimmed new large shapes 1o the season. e, variety colors of ), now on e at Hna SPECIAL SALE big bargain—we offer a choice lot of Chip Untrimmed fash- sale Black and all Now in 5 values, on CHAS. DILLON & CO. Importers, Wholealers and Retailers of Fine Millinery. Hartford Women’s and Misses’ Tailored Suits Hundreds of high grade suits, the sea- in smart Tailored and Trimmed effects, in serge, poplin, gaberdine, crepe cloth, shepherd checks, etc. Note the Women’s and Misses’ Suits, $19.75, worth Women’s and Misses’ Suits, $25.00, worth Women’s and Misses’ Suits, $29.00, worth Women’s and Misses’ Suits, $35.00, worth Hovstalls “IT PAYS TO RUY OUR KIND" Connecting with HARTFORD, 140 TRUMBULL ST. Attention Automobilists! Officia! Automobile Biue Book for 1514 Now on Sale. Your equipment is not complete without one. STATIONERY DEPARTMENT. sociations in Hartford county—Hart- ford, New Britain, Manchester, s- tonbury, Plainville, Southington, Kn- field, Bloomfield, Winsocket, Windsor, | West Hartford, all fine hustling a ciations, and we stand vad\ | sist you in eve every member ness man and need in the business world neced his. 1 hope you will seriously consider the problems of our great transportation system at the present time and realize that every kind of bLusiness is largely | dependent upon the transportation fa- cilities furnished to it and that our de- velopment is in direct portion to the efliciency of our transportation service, Efficiency and time fs thing—the cost of the service is real a much smaller consideration. railroads give us efficient service they must receive reasonable remuncra- tion—and it is vastly more importaut that the farmer and the business man get prompt and good service than it is to have cheap rates and ineili- cient service. our help as we Hartford’s Ex-Mayor Is Guest of Honor " the Judge ighborhood selected, In speaking on subject which he Edward L. Smith, the next speaker, ‘elved into philosophy and with ty of diction, a wealth of epl illustrations and strong guence Jdrove home lowed out would make the | ter for all its inhabitants, m- elo- world bet He was en- THE DICKINSON DRUG - CO. 169 and 171 MAIN STREET | | | | | | 1 ! i { you about that part of the day {isn't thusiastically applauded when he had concluded. Judge Smith said in part: To talk business to you anyway would be bringing coals to New= castle—though coal is very valuable, We won't bring any to Newcastle to- night, I am going to try to talk to that called the business day. There great part of the day thag devoted to business, or, rather, ught not to be devoted to business. Possibly you don't think so; if you don't your philosophy is wrong, and i®n't is a {1 have come here with a warrant to the | | Getting 1f the ; a | 1 which if fol- correct it. “The world is too much with us late and soon, and our pov What makes that ring heads? Possibly vou have trolley cars advertising Mt Possibly you have reud it in But it does ring in your head. It is music; it is moral, both. It is mu- gically moral, It may be a bromide; if it is, take it for a moment and quiet business nerves. Check your vour heady rush toward wealth un- told. Mark thig, too. The national gym- bol selected from the fauna of this country isn’t the busy bee, the beaver, or the ant, or any other animal famed for sleepless industry. It Is the eagle, Go to the sluggard, thou ant. Bternal activity isn’t good for a man. If the man works when he works, he ought to rest when he spending we lay waste in your seen it in Tom., books* (Continued on Fifth Page.)